Delivery-wagon



(No Model.)

0. SEE. DELIVERY WAGON.

N0. 438,191 Patented Oct. 14, 1890.

we NORRIS FEYERA cm. wqnmlmo reference being had to the accompanyingdelivery-wagons especially designed for retail from which the goods maybe delivered much on the part of the driver, and with less danger UNITEDSTATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN SEE, OF ST. PAUL, lVlINNESO'[ A.

DELIVERY-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,191 dated October14, 1890.

Application filed July 18, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN SEE, of St. Paul, in the county of Ramseyand State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Delivery-WVagons; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon. This invention relates to improvements ingrocers use in delivering relatively small quantities or packages ofgoods to the purchasershouses, the obj ect being to provide awagon morerapidly than heretofore, with less fatigue of the goods being purloinedby unscrupulous persons or overturned in passing over rough ground, thedriver being able to see all the goods in the wagon at a single glancewithout effort on his part and while he is attending to the driving.

The invention consists in certain novelties of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, to be hereinafter described, andpointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a wagon constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a topplan of the platform or body. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing aliquidreceptacle holder and the brake mechanism.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Therunning-gear, consisting of the wheels A, axles B, springs D,fifth-wheel E, and bolsters F, forms no part of my presentinvention, andmay be of any preferred kind or style, due regard being had to the factthat it is desirable to have considerable space between the front andrear Wheels for a purpose to presently appear, and to have therunninggear of the low-down type, so that the platform .will be ofconvenient height for a man standing on the ground to reach over on thesame for the goods to be delivered. In the preferred form ofrunning-gear, however, the front wheels are made small enough to passunder the platform and enable short turns to Serial No. 359,175. (Nomodel.)

be made, and What is more important permit of the use of anexceedingly-wide platform, the design being to provide a wagon whichwill accommodate as many packages as an ordinary wagon, and that Withoutthe necessity of piling them one upon the other, so that any package canbe easily and quickly removed for delivery.

G indicates the platform, having the characteristics just pointed out,and at the rear end has a semicircular recess H formed therein, belowwhich is suspended by hangers I a step K,conformin g approximately tothe shape of the opening in the platform. The driver or delivery-man isstationed on this step in rear of the platform in position forconveniently keeping watch over the goods in his charge, such positionalso enabling him to select the goods, either mentally oractually, fordelivery to the next customer while driving to the stopping-point. Aseat L is mounted on a standard Z 011 the step for the use of thedriver, and within the semicircular recess are located two pads L L,against which the drivers knees rest when traveling from place to place.7

The guard M, extending around the platform, is composed of wireopen-work supported at the corners and along the edges by iron rods m.This guard extends entirely around the platform close to the edge andgives the wagon a light and fancy appearance, and at the same timeeifectually prevents any of the packages from falling off the platform,afurther advantage of the open-work guard be ing that packages can bereadily seen from any point, and it is not necessary to remove one ofthe sections in order to clean off the platform when dirty, the dirtbeing swept right through at any point.

Below the platform is hung a shelf or receiver N forliquid-receptaclessuch as coaloil cans, gasoline-cans, vinegar-jugs,&c.-' which are apt to leak and spoil the contents of packages ofedibles should the leakage come in contact therewith. The shelf is pref-ICO The brake mechanism, which is also designed as a check for the horsewhile the driver is delivery the goods to the customer, consists of theordinary brake-shoes mounted on the downwardly-extending ends of theshaft 0, pivoted beneath the platform and moved by a rod or link 0,running to the back of the platform and connected to the crankarm of ashaft P. The latter has another crank-arm p, which extends to the rearand is adapted to be engaged by the bell-crank Q, having its inner endextended down in proximity to the step or in convenient position to bepressed upon by the drivers foot. A pawl R is provided for holding thebrakes on, and

a spring 0 for releasing them when the lever is freed.

The reins maybe supported above the platform and packages thereon by therein-support S,-secured in the center of the platform.

It will be seen that I have produced an exceedingly-simpledelivery-wagon, from which packages of goods can be delivered with theutmost dispatch and with very little fatigue to the driver, who can keepa careful oversight of the goods, and needs but make a single step fromhis seat to the ground, or vice versa, and then take the packages whichhave been previously selected by him and carry them to the customersdoor, thereby avoiding the delay of the climbing doWn from a high seatand then going to the rear of the Wagon and selecting the goods to bedelivered, as is necessary with an ordinary delivery-wagon.

What I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a delivery-wagon such as described, the combination, with thelow-down runninggear' and substantially flat platform having thesemicircular recess at the rear end, of the step suspended below saidrecess, the standard mounted on the step, and the seat on the standard,leaving a clear passage-Way at the side of the seat, whereby the drivermay mount or leave his positionwithout obstruction, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a delivery-wagon of the character specified, the combination, withthe runninggear and platform having the semicircular recess at the rearend, the step suspended below said recess, and the drivers seat, asdescribed, of the brake and brake-lever for moving the same into contactwith the wheels, having its ends extended down into proximity to thestep, substantially as described.

3. In a delivery-wagon such as described, the combination, with thelow-down runninggear and the platform having the semicircular recess atthe rear end, the step below and the driversseat in rear of said recess,of the open-Work guard extending around the platform, the rein-supportsecured in the middle of the platform, the shelf suspended below theplatform in rear of the circle described by the front Wheels in turning,the brake, and the brake-lever having its end extended into proximity tothe step, substantially as described.

4. In a delivery-wagon such as described, the combination, with thelow-down runninggear, the extended substantially fiat platform havingthe semicircular recess at the rear end, and the guard passing aroundthe edge of said platform or recess, formed of the Wire open-Work, withthe stiffening and supporting rods, of the step suspended below thesemicircular recess and the drivers seat suspended at substantially thecenter of said recess and having a clear passage-way at the sidethereof, whereby the driver may mount to or leave his position withoutobstruction, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN SEE.

Vitnesses:

LOUIS FEESER, J12, 1VIARTIN I-I. ALBIN.

